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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by tomp on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:52AM (#31026280)
> Does free speech absolutism mean unmoderated ISIS and Al-Qaeda posts are fine?

As a free speech absolutist, "yes".

That's literally literally what the word "absolutism" in "free speech absolutism" means.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by glenstein on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:45AM (#31026906)
That is a laudable position of intellectual consistency! I agree that it is what the "absolutism" part means.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by notahacker on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:22AM (#31026636)
You may do, but the self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" trying to buy Twitter thinks that making certain claims and revealing certain information about his companies is not at all fine, hence all the litigation against critical former employees
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